config() { NEW="$1" OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)" # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over: if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then mv $NEW $OLD elif [ "$(cat $OLD | md5sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | md5sum)" ]; then # toss the redundant copy rm $NEW fi # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider... } config etc/default/syslogd.new config etc/logrotate.d/syslog.new config etc/rc.d/rc.syslog.new config etc/syslog.conf.new config var/log/cron.new config var/log/debug.new config var/log/maillog.new config var/log/messages.new config var/log/secure.new config var/log/syslog.new # Remove any leftover empty files: rm -f var/log/cron.new rm -f var/log/debug.new rm -f var/log/maillog.new rm -f var/log/messages.new rm -f var/log/secure.new rm -f var/log/syslog.new